‘I didn’t call for postponement of poll’

Senate President David Mark said yesterday that he did not call for the postponement of the 2015 general elections.

He said it was unfair for anybody to link him with the alleged plot to postpone the poll.

A statement by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Senate President, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Mark made the clarification in his reaction to a statement by the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed that the Senate President called for the postponement of the 2015 elections.

He described the allegation as “a bogus and blatant lie.”

Mark recalled that during debate in the Senate, he said insurgency, which was the subject of the debate, must be addressed and not election matters.

He added: “I did not need the misinterpretation of any medium to give myself expression on any position I hold.”

The 2015 general elections, the Senate President said, was of importance to every Nigeria.